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Unexpectedly spotting a place you know and love on screen is one of life s little pleasures. And living in Melbourne – or, indeed, Victoria – you get to experience it surprisingly often.
For 35 years a little cul-de-sac in Vermont South has been beamed into living rooms around the world (Pin Oak Court doubling as Ramsay Street in
Neighbours). But it s not just Melbourne playing Melbourne: as fans of the Nicolas Cage movies
Ghost Rider and
Hunters,
The Leftovers and
Preacher can attest, our city, and indeed our state, does a pretty fine job of pretending to be somewhere else too.
For the Nicolas Cage film Knowing, parts of central Melbourne become a disaster zone.
Danny Katz | WAtoday
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Danny Katz
Danny Katz is a columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He writes the Modern Guru column in the Good Weekend magazine. He is also the author of the books Spit the Dummy, Dork Geek Jew and the Little Lunch series for kids.
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